Outdoor gym set with plural water spray heads



United States Patent Inventor Norbert M. Larsen Waukesha, WisconsinAppl. No. 774,115

Filed Nov. 7, 1968 Patented Nov. 10, 1970 Assignee of ten percent to TheRaymond Lee Organization, Inc., New York, New York, a corporation of NewYork OUTDOOR GYM SET WITH PLURAL WATER SPRAY HEADS 4 Claims, 5 DrawingFigs.

US. Cl 272/56.5, 272/85: 239/207, 239/279, 239/289, 239/551 Int. Cl A63g21/18, A63b 7/00 Field of Search 272/ 1, 1(8), 85-92, 56.5, 54, 60, 61,62; 239/551, 279,

[56] References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,058,464 4/1913 Pritchard239/200 2,483,789 10/1949 Smith et a1.. 272/1(A)UX 3,141,670 7/1964Smyrni et a1. 272/85X 3,170,171 2/1965 Mayhew et a1..... 272/l(B)UX3,231,269 H1966 Dalrymple 272/54 3,246,892 '4/1966 Grudoski 272/56.5FOREIGN PATENTS 1,031,693 6/1958 Germany 272/60 Primary Examiner-AntonO. Oechsle Assistant Examiner-Arnold W. Kramer ABSTRACT: An outdoor gymfor children employing swings, slides and the like wherein adjustablewater sprays are disposed over each individual element.

OUTDOOR GYM SET WITH PLURAL WATER SPRAY HEADS SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONBRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS In the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of my invention;

FIG. 2 is a detail view of a typical spray head;

FIG. 3 is a detail view ofa typical valve;

FIG. 4 is a detail view of the hose feed connection; and FIG. 5 is adetail view of the water line connection.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Referring now to FIGS.l-5, a gym has A-frame supports disposed vertically and supporting anelevated horizontal hollow bar 12 from which swings l4, seesaw l6, slide18 and the like are supported. One of the vertically inclined members 20of the A-frame is hollow and has a water inlet connection 22 adapted tobe connected to a water supply hose 24. Connection 22 is disposed a fewinches above ground level and the portion of the member below theconnection is filled with lead or is otherwise plugged to avoid waterleakage.

The hollow interior of member 20 is connected to a main feed line 26 inbar 12 whereby water flows therethrough. A separate sprinkleror sprayhead 28 which can be manually screwed in or out to regulate the finenessor coarseness of the spray (or can be manually replaced with a differenthead) is associated with a separate gate valve 30 (manually controlledbetween full on to full off in any desired intermediate position) anddisposed over each gym element such as swing or slide. The valve isconnected in series with the head and each combination of valve and headis separately connected to the main *feed line by a separate connection32 whereby each spray can be controlled independently of all othersprays.

The seats hand grips and the like should be of nonskid material forsafety reasons. Trip levers can be installed for the spray heads overthe swings whereby these heads will operate only when the swing is in apredetermined position of arc.

Thus, my invention combines the best of the basic summer activities ofchildren such as swinging and playing in water, running under sprinklersand the like- My invention can also be in kit form to enable an owner ofan existing gym to install hose, connectors, spray heads, valves and thelike and thus obtain the benefits of my aqua gym.

While I have described my invention with particular reference to thedrawings, such is not to be considered as limiting its actual scope.

I claim:

I. An aqua gym comprising:

an elevated horizontal bar;

a plurality of gym elements such as swings, slide and the like disposedbelow said bar;

a like plurality of water spray heads, each head being secured to saidbar and disposed above the corresponding element;

a like plurality of valve means, each means being associated with acorresponding head; and

means to supply water through each of said means to each of said sprays.

2. A gym as set forth in claim 1 wherein said means for supplying waterincludes a main feed line and a like plurality of water feed connectionsconnected to said line, each connection supplying water to acorresponding head-valve means combination.

3. A gym as set forth in claim 2 wherein each valve means is connectedin series with its corresponding head.

4. A gym as set forth in claim 3 wherein said supply means is disposedin said bar.

